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Favorite book by Paulo Coelho

1zwelbast
Nov 12, 2007, 5:46 pm

What's your favourite? Mine is the Zahir. Great book!

2vpfluke
Nov 13, 2007, 11:33 pm

I guess mine is The Alchemist. It is certainly Coelho's most popular. I think I really took to Coelho's story of transformation. At one point I wanted to share it with people at my parish church in Indianapolis, but no one showed up for the first meeting.

I stopped by the Borders Bookstore next to Penn Station in New York City this afternoon, and noticed that it has a special display of Paulo Coelho's books.

3Sabarade
Nov 14, 2007, 12:29 am

I liked The Alchemist, partly because a friend recommended it to me (I love reading friends' recommendations, since it also tells me something about them). But The Devil and Miss Prym is my favorite.

4floriferous
Edited: Nov 15, 2007, 4:36 pm

Mine is The Alchemist too.

5travellinghuman
Edited: Nov 22, 2007, 8:34 am

mine is the alchemist too, for me, the problem w/ the zahir is the fact it s written in the first person, and i think paulo coelho tells stories better than he lives them...

6CS_Kenji First Message
Nov 30, 2007, 9:39 am

Mine is "Vernika Decides to Die". Up to know, the best book i ever read.

7ais19 First Message
Jan 20, 2008, 10:55 pm

i like all his books but i want most is the alchemist and the pilgrimage.

8standinginalley First Message
Feb 10, 2008, 3:11 am

The Zahir....it 'was' an obsession......

9Kivy
Feb 29, 2008, 9:14 am

I like All the books of Paulo Coelho, but for me I think "Veronikas Decides to Die" is the best I've ever read, is really awsome!!!!

10mischka
Apr 14, 2008, 7:59 pm

I'm another who's favourite is Veronika Decides to Die. Something about it just really resonates with me. Must be time for a re-read.

11vpfluke
Dec 4, 2008, 1:07 am

I finally read The Zahir and it was quite good, perhaps my favorite since The Alchemist. I couldn't get far with Veronika Decides to Die.

12anjalee
Mar 3, 2009, 4:56 am

I like Alchemist.

13jules.brown
Sep 23, 2011, 3:19 pm

I love everything I've read by Coelho, but I would have to say that Veronika decides to die & the Witch of Portebello are my favorites!

14GeorgianaBorca
Feb 10, 2012, 6:16 pm

11 minutes and Witch of Portobello are my favourite ones.I also quite enjoyed Bida,but to be honest I didn't like the ending at all

15GeorgianaBorca
Feb 10, 2012, 6:17 pm

I read just half of The Zahir,just can't go further at all with that one.At some point it just gets really boring

16GeorgianaBorca
Feb 10, 2012, 6:17 pm

Did anyone read Aleph?What do you think about that book?

17CS_Kenji
Jun 9, 2012, 7:19 am

Aleph has been published just a few months ago in Germany. Now i read it, and i think it's one of his best, i liked it a lot.

18Laurora
Jun 17, 2012, 3:42 pm

Me too!

19Laurora
Edited: Jun 17, 2012, 3:46 pm

Aleph... I'm reading it just now... NO COMMENT! I don't like it, boring. My favourites are "The alchemist", "Veronika decides to die", "Warrior of Light", "Brida" and "Diable and Mrs Prym"...